In an action, inter alia, for the partition of certain real property, the plaintiffs appeal (1), as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Solomon, J.), dated November 22, 2011, as, sua sponte, in effect, vacated so much of a prior order of the same court dated September 14, 2010, as denied the motion of the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson to vacate a judgment of the same court dated June 17, 2010, which was in favor of the plaintiffs and against her in the principal sum of $200, 000, and thereupon restored that motion to the calendar, and added to the calendar the court's own motion to vacate the same judgment, and (2), as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the same court dated March 5, 2012, as granted the motion of the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson to vacate the judgment dated June 17, 2010, and granted the court's own motion to vacate the same judgment.

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the notice of appeal from so much of the order dated November 22, 2011, as, sua sponte, in effect, vacated so much of a prior order of the same court dated September 14, 2010, as denied the motion of the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson to vacate a judgment dated June 17, 2010, is deemed to be an application for leave to appeal from that portion of the order, and leave to appeal is granted (see CPLR 5701[c]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the order dated November 22, 2011, is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, so much of the order dated March 5, 2012, as granted the motion of the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson and granted the court's own motion to vacate the judgment dated June 17, 2010, is vacated, and the judgment dated June 17, 2010, is reinstated; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appeal from so much of the order dated March 5, 2012, as granted the motion of the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson to vacate the judgment dated June 17, 2010, and granted the court's own motion to vacate the same judgment, is dismissed as academic in light of our determination on the appeal from the order dated November 22, 2011; and it is further,

ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the plaintiffs payable by the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson.

During the course of this action, inter alia, for the partition of certain real property, the plaintiffs and the defendant Phyllis B. Johnson entered into a stipulation of settlement wherein Johnson agreed, among other things, to purchase the plaintiffs' share of the subject premises for $200, 000. Johnson, however, failed to tender performance and the plaintiffs entered a judgment dated June 17, 2010, against her in the principal sum of $200, 000.

On July 26, 2010, Johnson moved, by order to show cause, to vacate the judgment dated June 17, 2010. In an order dated September 14, 2010, the Supreme Court denied Johnson's motion to vacate the judgment. However the court also, in effect, sua sponte, granted Johnson a life estate in the property. The plaintiffs appealed from so much of the order dated September 14, 2010, as created the life estate. In a decision and order dated May 24, 2011, this Court reversed the order on the ground that such sua sponte relief "was not only unwarranted by the facts, but was inconsistent with the relief sought in the order to show cause" (Carter v Johnson, 84 A.D.3d 1141, 1142).

Upon the return of the matter to the Supreme Court, and despite the fact that the plaintiffs had already entered the judgment dated June 17, 2010, from which Johnson had not appealed, Johnson moved, by order to show cause, for the appointment of a receiver, inter alia, to oversee partition of the property and distribute the proceeds, and for a stay of execution of the judgment pending resolution of her motion. The court granted the stay as requested in the order to show cause. The plaintiffs then moved to advance the return date of Johnson's motion. The court granted the plaintiffs' motion in part, advancing Johnson's motion, but not to the extent requested.

Although the papers submitted on Johnson's motion focused on whether a receiver should be appointed, upon considering the motion, the Supreme Court reviewed its file and, in an order dated November 22, 2011, determined that there were "numerous defects and errors" in the procedural history of the case which had led to the entry of a judgment which contained "a profound flaw." Thus, both "on the court's own motion" and, purportedly, pursuant to the general prayer for relief in the plaintiffs' order to show cause seeking to advance the return date of Johnson's motion, the court, in effect, vacated so much of the order dated September 14, 2010, as denied Johnson's motion to vacate the judgment and "restored and reinstated" that motion. In addition, the court "added" to the calendar "the court's motion to vacate the judgment" and invited further briefing on vacatur of the judgment.

Upon consideration of Johnson's restored motion to vacate the judgment and its own motion for the same relief, the court concluded, in an order dated March 5, 2012, that the judgment was "substantially unjust and manifestly inequitable." Accordingly, "on the court's own motion, in the interests of justice and within the court's inherent powers as a court of equity, and upon [Johnson's] motion to vacate the judgment, " the court vacated the judgment dated June 17, 2010. The plaintiffs appeal from the orders dated November 22, 2011, and March 5, 2012.

Pursuant to CPLR 5015(a), a court may relieve a party from an order or judgment, but only " on motion of [an] interested person" and " with such notice as the court may direct" (CPLR 5015[a] [emphasis added]; see Armstrong Trading, Ltd. v MBM Enters., 29 A.D.3d 835, 836). " Pursuant to CPLR 5019(a), a trial court has the discretion to correct an order or judgment which contains a mistake, defect, or irregularity not affecting a substantial right of a party, or is inconsistent with the decision upon which it is based. However, a trial court has no revisory or appellate jurisdiction, sua sponte, to vacate its own order or judgment'" (JSO Assoc., Inc. v Price, 104 A.D.3d 737, 738, quoting Adams v Fellingham, 52 A.D.3d 443, 444; see Menardy v Gladstone Props., Inc., 100 A.D.3d 840, 842; Merriwether v Osborne, 66 A.D.3d 851, 852; Armstrong Trading, Ltd. v MBM Enters., 29 A.D.3d 835, 836; see generally Tirado v Miller, 75 A.D.3d 153, 158-160). Likewise, while a court "may grant relief, pursuant to a general prayer contained in the notice of motion or order to show cause, other than that specifically asked for, to such extent as is warranted by the facts plainly appearing [in] the papers on both sides, " it may do so only "if the relief granted is not too dramatically unlike the relief sought, and if the proof offered supports it and the ...

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